News – Important Updates For Our Families

What Your Teen Really Wants For The Holidays

For years, you’ve purchased gifts that have enriched your children’s lives, from educational games to toys that develop large and small motor skills, to equipment for activities to must-have clothing. This holiday, as your child grows older, you’re stumped. Besides gift cards, what is there to buy?

New Canaan Pediatrics is here to recommend holiday presents that will enhance your children’s lives in their teen and young adult years, perhaps in a completely new direction. With these gifts, you show your child you admire their maturity, their growing independence and their interests, no matter how divergent from yours. [Read more…] about What Your Teen Really Wants For The Holidays

Let’s keep the Boo-hoo out of Halloween

It’s Halloween! Children (and many adults) look forward it to for weeks; the chance to be someone else for a day, to roam the neighborhood looking for the best candy, and to enjoy spooky decorations all around town.

It’s a delicate balance to keep Halloween mysterious and fun, but to also keep safety a first and foremost priority. New Canaan Pediatrics is here to help your family enjoy the day without accidents, meltdowns or calamities. [Read more…] about Let’s keep the Boo-hoo out of Halloween

Your Baby’s Fourth Trimester

In the months before your baby was born, you divided time into chunks of 12 weeks, or trimesters. After three trimesters (or so), your baby was born. According to a theory developed by Dr. Harvey Karp, this is about 12 weeks – or one trimester – too early. Dr. Karp coined the term “Fourth Trimester” to refer to this period of both infant development and maternal recovery.

The healthcare providers at New Canaan Pediatrics understand that this Fourth Trimester calls for care that is unprecedented; round the clock attention, feeding, changing diapers and nurturing. [Read more…] about Your Baby’s Fourth Trimester

Start Kindergarten Off On The Right Foot

It seems like just yesterday you were rocking your newborn to sleep and now here they are, off to kindergarten. Whether you are sending your first child or your sixth child off to kindergarten, there are plenty of big feelings and big adjustments that your child, and you, are going through.

At New Canaan Pediatrics, we know that kindergarten is a big transition. While your child may already be used to being away from you all day, kindergarten is not the same environment as preschool, day care or a babysitter. Your child, at five to almost six years old, is also now experiencing a great deal of cognitive and emotional growth. [Read more…] about Start Kindergarten Off On The Right Foot

Baby, it’s hot outside!

Children seem to endlessly enjoy their summer, running outside in the sunshine for hours on end, seemingly oblivious to the hot weather. Unfortunately, too much time in the sun can lead to forms of heat illness. While localized forms of heat illness like heat rash or heat cramps can be a minor inconvenience, heat exhaustion and heat stroke can be much more dangerous.

Your New Canaan Pediatrics healthcare providers are here to explain how heat illnesses happen, what to watch for and what to do when your child experiences a heat illness.

Splish, splash! Stay safe in the water!

Temperatures are rising, so it’s time to play in the water. Whether your family is splashing in an inflatable wading pool, swimming in a large public pool, or enjoying lake water, keeping your children safe is the most important part of water play.

Here at New Canaan Pediatrics, we are happy that increased water safety awareness has led to a steady decline in drowning deaths over the last 30 years. Our providers stress that supervision, swim lessons and CPR are three interrelated ways to keep children safe around the water. [Read more…] about Splish, splash! Stay safe in the water!

What You Need To Know About The Hepatitis Outbreak

While cases of hepatitis in children remains very rare, cases across the U.S. and around the globe, are growing. There are currently cases across Europe, in 36 of the United States, and in Puerto Rico. In the United States, the CDC is investigating about 180 cases in previously healthy children, typically between 2 and 3 years old. About 90% of these children have been hospitalized, 14% have had liver transplants, and five have sadly died.

What belongs in your child’s crib?

Crib safety is important to your child’s health and to us!

When parents are deciding on decorations for their baby’s nursery, they may turn to Pinterest and see cribs that look like an adult’s dream bed. These cribs are filled with soft pillows and blankets, cushy toys and lush bumper pads, all covered by magical mobiles dangling into the bed. While parents themselves may want to crawl right in, these cribs are not safe for your baby.

At New Canaan Pediatrics, we want your baby to sleep safely and avoid SIDS, sudden infant death syndrome and other tragedies.

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News – Important Updates For Our Families